Animated fish toy



March 6, I928? 1,661,758

- D. H. KING ANIMATED FISH TOY Filed March 12. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1ATTORNEY March 6,1928.

D. H. KING I ANIMATED FISH TOY Filed March 12. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet aINVENTQR 2:

- ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

DOUGLAE HINQ-i, OF IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY."

ANIMATED FISH TOY.

Application filed March 12, 1926. Serial No. 94,155.

This invention relates tortoys, particularly those siiu'ulative of liveobjects and with special relerence to those of an aquatic nature, namelyfish.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an articulated,sinuous body capable of floating in water, colored and shaped in thesemblance ot a conventional fish.

A. ilurther teature is in the provision oi means for causing alternatelateral fluctuations in the body elements, one with respect to another,whereby an advance movement of the whole effected in a lite-like manner.

Another aim is to produce a simple ineX pensive toy, capable ol'atlordii'ig entertainmentand being illustrative oi certain natural laws.

These objects are accomplished by the novel construction, combinationand arrangement of parts hereinatter described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosin'e, andin which j Figure 1 is a top plan view of a preferred form of the toy. g

Figure 2 is a side elevational View of the same.

Figure 3 partial longitudinal sectional view, taken on line 3- 3 o'lFig. 1 and drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure '1- is a sectional view taken in a plane at a right angle theretoon line 44: of Fig. 8. p

Figure 5 is a top plan View of a modified form of the toy.

Figure 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View taken on line 66 ofFig.

Figure 7 a further enlarged fragmentary transverse sectional view takenon line 7-7 of Fig. 6, j v

The toy as shown in Figs. 1 to 1 inclusive comprises a head portion 10,composed'ot upper and lower sections 11 and 12 respectively, havingcolored portions to represent a mouth 13, eyes 1 1 and gills 15appropriately positioned, the sections being firmly united by awater-proof cement, as indicated on line 33 of Fig. 4E.

The rear end 16 of the head portion 10 is straight, at a right anglewith the central plane thereof and adjacent to it are body portions 1718, 19 and a tail 20 arranged in sequence as shown.

The forward portion 17 has its front end bevelled, as at 21, presentingangular spaces 22 on each side between it, and the head and the spaces23 therebetween. r

Connect-ions between the upper and lower. surfaces of the tail,intermediate and head elements are. made by strap links 2l'held rigidlyat their rear ends by nails or like fastening 25, the front ends oftheselinks engaging the next adjacent member by each of the bodyelements and tail have screws as, acting as pivots, permitting each andpassing through a water tight packing 31 on the casing.

The motor drives a spindle 32, having fixed on its upper end a disc 33and set in elements extending into a recess 35in the upper section ll. jo

Fixed in the lower section 12, adjacent the rear end of the motor, isaheaded pin 36 encircled by a coil 37 formed from a'wire 38, extendinginto the body element 17 and passing outwardly from the recess 35through a tight fitting opening in a rubber plate 39 cemented on thesurface 16 of the head to cover the open end of the recess 35.

The opposite end of the coil 37 enters the recess 35 and is formed intoa flattened loop 10 in which the pin 3&1 operates in the manner of acrank when actuated by the .lllOtOl', causing the head 10 and bodyelement 17 to move laterally, one with respect to the other, first toone side and then to the other, the other body elements being given asinuous movement which is transmitted to the tail 20, as will be readilyunderstood, simulating the natural action of a fish.

In the modification, shown in Figs. 5 to 7 the several sections are madeof sheet metal in place of wood as inthe foregoing.

.The head 50 is hollow and shaped to simulate that of a fish,havingele-nients representing a mouth, eyes and gills, and is providedwith a water-tight bulkhead or,

plate 51 beyond which are rearwardly extending side elements 52.

Ad oining the head 50 are body elements so the upper face of the disc isa pin Bahthese 53, 54, and a tail 56, these elements being essentiallyconical and fitting loosely together at their ends which are held fromseparation by pivot pins 56' extending vertically through the engagedsections.

A motor 57 is mounted in the lower portion of the head and provided witha winding key 58, its stem 59 extending through the shell at its bottomand passing through a packing element (30 held in an inturned grippingtbimble 61 formed from the shell material.

The motor spindle (32 drives a disc 63 carrying a crank pin 614,,operating between the'arms of a fork 65 coupled by a clip 66. One of thefork arms is bent at a right angle downwardly to constitute a pivot rod67, uniting the head and adjacent body section at the bottom and theother arm is bent oppositely to constitute an alined pivot rod 68connecting the same elements at their upper portions.

The rod 68 is thereat'terbent rcarwardly as at (it), and fixed on theupper surface of the adjacent section 53, to convey motion to it whenthe motor is actuated, and a tin 70 is raised thereabove.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a similar sinuous movement: ofthe articulated elements of the fish is obtained as in the type firstdescribed.

, Obviously, if made of suitable material and properly proportioned,both will float in a partially submerged position and, due to thewigghng action transmitted by their motors, will advance when disposedin water.

While certain preferred embodiments of this device have been shown anddescribcal, it will be understood that changes in the form,arrangements, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

'1. A toy fish comprising a, floating head, a plurality ol spaced bodymembers and a tail pivoted in a vertical plane, one to the next adjacentand to said head to permit limited relative lateral movement of eachmember, a spring motor in said head, means for wind ing said motor, acrank driven by said motor, a. lever actuated by said crank, said leverbeing pivoted in said head an arm on said lever engaging the member nextadjacent the head to communicate motion thereto and to the membersrearward there of, and means to prevent entrain-e of water to saidmotor.

2. A toy lish comprising a floating head. a. plurality of spaced bodymembers and a tail, pivoted in a vcrt' 'al plane one to the nextadjacent and to said head to permit limited relative lateral movement ofea -h member, a motor in said head, a lever pivoted in said head, meansdriven by the motor to artuate the lever, and an arm on said leverengaging the member next adjacent to the head to t'ullmillilil'tllemotion thereto.

This specification signed and witnessed this 8th day of ivlarch, 1920.

'DOUGLAS H. h l NU

